The Hague tribunal has ruled that Croatia had done everything necessary, Josipovic said commenting on the decision which the UN war crimes tribunal published on Tuesday.

The Trial Chamber has rejected a request by the ICTY Prosecutor's Office in the "Gotovina, Cermak and Markac" case that a subpoena be issued against Croatia over the alleged concealment of the requested military documents, so-called artillery logs.

The Chamber said it could not determine with sufficient certainty whether the documents which the prosecution has been seeking from Croatia for the past two years and which it considers the key incriminating evidence against the three Croatian generals, notably Ante Gotovina, still existed.

The Chamber, however, emphasised that this decision is without prejudice to Croatia's obligation to cooperate with the tribunal in regard to the present matter.

Croatia will continue to cooperate with the Hague Tribunal, Josipovic said in Korcula, adding that he was confident that this job would be successfully completed.

Asked to comment on media headlines that his office had allegedly withheld information that a group of Taliban attacked Croatian soldiers serving as part of the international troops in Afghanistan, Josipovic said the information had not been concealed and that reports were being issued on a regular basis.

The president asked reporters if they thought that one could be in a war zone without facing any danger.

This is why we admire those soldiers who do their job in difficult and dangerous conditions, the president said.